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38501UGER ON THE PRELL BIN WAS PLUGGED. EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE IT UP BY MOVING SOME OF THE PRELL FROM THE BASE OF PRELL BIN. SHE PUT HER HAND INTO THE BIN TO REMOVE A SMALL ROCK, THE 14759 BECAME FREE AND TURNED JUST A LITTLE CUTTING HER LEFT INDEX FINGER.
WELDING ON EYE HOOK ON PLATE RAISING IT WITH CRANE EYE BROKE PLATE HIT IN R LEG AND L HAND
EMPLOYEE HAD STARTED TO CLEAN PULVERIZER (BLEW IT OUT) DID NOT WAIT UNTIL MACHINE HAD STOPED REVOLVING, CAUSING HER TO CUT KNUCKLE ON THIRD FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING SAMPLER,HE MADE HIS ADJUSTMENT AND TURNED SAMPLER ON TO TEST AND HAD LEFT AHND INSIDE SAMPLER,WHEN SAMPLER KICKED ON IN AUTO.
WHILE WELDING HE LIFTED HIS HELEMT TO DO SOME CHIPPING AND THE BACK OF THE ARC ROD HIT THE WALL OF THE CHUTE AND FLASHED HISEYES.
RAN OVER FOOT WITH RAM-X COMPACTOR WHILE PACKING DIRT AROUND PIPE.
EMPL ASSISTING ANOTHER USING OXY-ACETYLENE TORCH WHEN CO-WORKER TURNED WITH TORCH,BURNING 3RD & 4TH DIGITS OF RIGHT HAND.
USING A JACK HAMMER TO UNPLUG AN OVERFLOW CHUTE AND STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
THIS MAN WAS HOLDING PIPE WRENCH BEING USED TO BREAK A DRILL STEEL AT A COUPLING. A DRILL MOUNTED HYDRAULIC WRNECH CONTACTED THE JAW OF THE PIPE, CAUSING THE WRNECH TO SPIN MASHING THE MAN S L EFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE WRNECH AND THE DRILL FRAME, LACERATING THE FINGER AND ITS TENDON.
PULING BELLY PAN ON HAUL TRUCK EMP WA> CUTTING OFF BOLTS WHE WAS DOWN TO THE LAST TWO BOLTS WHEN HE CUT OFF THE SECOND TO LAST BOLT THE PAN FEL NTO THE TORCH CAUSING THE TORCH TO PIN HIS HA ND AGAINST THE CONCRETE FLOOR THUS SUSTAINING A 1/2 INCH LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED TOW SUTURES
EMPLOYEE WAS IN AN AWKWARD CRAMPED POSITION WHILE GRINDING A WELD ON HYDRAULIC SHOVEL. EMPLOYEE WAS USING A GRINDER TO PERFORM THIS JOB. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES BBUT DID NOT HAVE PROTECTIVE GOGGLES ON. A PARTICLE FROM THE GRINDING WHEEL FLEW UNDER SAFETY GALSSES AND BECAME EMBEDDED IN EMPLOYEE,S EYE.
CHANGING CUTTING EDGE ON LOADER EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO CHECK BELT UNDER CUTTING EDGE HE HIT THE TRIGGER ON THE AIR HAMMER CAUSING THE BOLT TO SPIN IN HIS HAND
EMPLOYEE ATTEMP7ED TO GRIND OUT A WELD ON A 8 IN PIPE WHEN HIS LEFT WRIST CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE SPINNING GRIND WHEEL
EMPLOYEE FAILED3TO PLACE AN ELECTRICAL LOCK OUT LOCK ON THE PANEL SOMEONE TURNED THE POWER ON TO THE C.I.L. TANK AGITATOR I,NAME WAS ATTEMPTTING TO REMOVE CARBON SCREENS FOR CLEANING WHEN THE PADDLE WHEEL WA8 ENERGIZED IT CAUGHT THE CARBON SCREEN FLIPPING IT IN TO HIM.